Lemon Chicken / ലെമൺ ചിക്കൻ

Ingredients:

• Chicken - 200gm, Boneless

• Lemon - 1 big

• Soya Sauce - 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp

• Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp

• Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder - 2 tsp

• Vinegar - 1 tsp

• Sugar - 1/8 tsp

• Egg - 1 

• Garlic - 2 cloves

• Spring Onion - 2 nos

• Corn Flour - 2 tsp

• Water - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp

• Sesame Seeds - 1 tsp

• Oil - 1 tbsp + for frying

• Salt to taste

Method:

• Marinate chicken pieces with egg, soya sauce, black pepper powder, kashmiri red chilly powder, vinegar, salt.

• Heat oil for frying and deep fry chicken till golden brown.

• In a bowl, squeeze juice of one lemon, soya sauce, vinegar, sugar and mix well.

• Heat oil in a pan. Add finely chopped garlic. Saute for couple of minutes.

• Add the prepared juice-sauce mix to the pan along with water and stir well.

• Dilute cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water and stir into the pan.

• Add the fried chicken pieces when the gravy is thick.

• Cook for few more mins to coat on chicken pieces. Switch off the stove and garnish with sesame seeds.